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THE LEMURS. 
The color of the hair is nearly uniform, bnt not quite so. On the paws it darkens con- 
siderably, and it is of a deeper tint on the forehead and the upper surface of the limbs than on 
the remainder of the body. Some specimens are wholly of a darker hue. In no place is the 
fur very short ; but on the head, and about the shoulders, it is of very great length in propor- 
tion to the size of the animal. 1 
The Marikina is rightly careful of its beautiful clothing, and is fastidious to a degree about 
preserving its glossy brightness free from stain. Whether when wild, it keeps its own house 
clean, or whether it has no house at all, is 
not as yet accurately ascertained ; but in 
captivity, it requires that all cleansing shall 
be performed by other hands. This sloth- 
fulness is the more peculiar, because the 
creature is so sensitive on the subject, that 
if it be in the least neglected, it loses its 
pretty gaiety, pines away and dies. 
It is fond of company, and can seldom 
be kept alone for any length of time. The 
food of the Marikina is chiefly composed 
of fruits and insects ; but in captivity, it 
will eat biscuit and drink milk. It is a 
very timid animal, unable to fight a foe, 
but quick in escape, and adroit in con- 
cealment. Its voice is soft and gentle 
when the animal is pleased, but when it is 
excited by anger or fear, it utters a rather 
sharp hiss. The dimensions of the Mari- 
kina are much the same as those of the 
Pinche. 
The Marmosets (, Jacchus ) are repre- 
sented by several species, all very small, 
and delicate in their features. They have 
much the same habits as the squirrels. 
Being so petite they readily climb out 
upon the slender branches of trees, where 
they rob nests of birds and prey upon 
their eggs. 
The little caricatures of a lion seen in some of the species, are highly suggestive of the 
king of beasts in the full array of flowing mane. 
MAEIKINA .— Jacchus rosalia. 
THE LEMURS. 
The form of the monkeys which are known by the name of Lemurs, is of itself sufficient 
to show that we are rapidly approaching the more quadrupedal mammalia, the which, how- 
ever, we shall only reach through the wing-handed animals, or bats, and the strangely formed 
flying-monkey, which seems to span the gulf between the monkeys and bats. 
The head of all the Lemurs is entirely unlike the usual monkey head, and even in the 
skull the distinction is as clearly marked as in the living being. Sharp, long, and pointed, 
the muzzle and jaws are singularly fox-like, while the general form of these animals, and 
the mode in which they walk, would lead a hasty observer to place them among the true 
quadrupeds. Yet, on a closer examination, the qnadrumanous characteristics are seen so 
plainly, that the Lemurs can but be referred to their proper position among, or rather, at the 
end of, the monkey tribe. 
The word Lemur signifies a night-wandering ghost, and has been applied to this group 
